US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
- U.S. forces conducted targeted airstrikes against two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
- A U.S. official stated that the strikes were launched after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel were observed preparing the launchers to fire naval mines into international shipping lanes.
- The operation marks the first direct U.S. military action against Iranian positions along the waterway in roughly a month.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the strike by American forces and reported that several soldiers were killed and injured during the attack.
- The military action underscores ongoing tensions over control of the energy chokepoint as Washington continues escorting commercial vessels while enforcing maritime security measures.
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These bombings on the Iranian island of Larak, followed by a Tehran response, threaten to call into question several weeks of the war in the Middle East, which has just passed the course of the war.
The Americans accuse the Iranians of wanting to set up mines in the Strait of Ormuz.
US strikes Iran for first time in a month, Iran says it hits US bases in retaliation
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that multiple military personnel and civilians were killed or wounded Sunday night in a "US-Israeli" attack on Iran's southern Larak Island in Hormozgan province.
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